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    <title>Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[A major implication of Schlosser's work and argument is that the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A major implication of Schlosser's work and argument is that the consumption and dependence on fast food has been reexamined.  American consumers have sought to demand more changes in fast food producing industries.  Some of these changes are greater options that represented a more health conscious choice on the menu of the fast food restaurant.  Additionally, smaller portions are being featured on menus, and the notion of "supersizing" is...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the implications of Schlosser's argument?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the implications of Schlosser's argument?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:29:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Schlosser's work does not really consider opposing arguments in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Schlosser's work does not really consider opposing arguments in the proliferation and impact of the fast food industry.  In some respects, the "other side" of this debate is the mainstream that everyone accepts in the American social dynamic.  Schlosser is calling for a reexamination in dietary practices in fast food consumption.  The other side to this is the Status Quo, or the high level of fast food popularity.  This is depicted with...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[To what extent does the book consider opposing arguments?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To what extent does the book consider opposing arguments?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:41:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's a wonderfully fascinating theme you are suggesting.  The answer...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's a wonderfully fascinating theme you are suggesting.  The answer will be more lengthy and indepth than what I can offer here, but I hope to develop a start.  One primary reason why reform in the fast food industry is not as apparent as Sinclair's treatment is the time period.  At the time of Sinclair and Muckrakers, there was a distinct feeling of progressivism and an embracing of structural change.  Questions about capitalism and the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:24:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why has Fast Food Nation failed to produce any level of reform to the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/q-and-a/why-has-fast-food-nation-failed-produce-any-level-95915</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why has Fast Food Nation failed to produce any level of reform to the fast food industry?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:29:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[

 
fast food nation: Describe the main characters/author and any...]]></title>
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fast food nation: Describe the main characters/author and any minor characters that manage to have a huge impact on the main character/author
 

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        <pubDate>Sun, 9 Aug 2009 12:15:57 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Eric Schlosser's message from Fast Food Nation is quite similar to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Eric Schlosser's message from Fast Food Nation is quite similar to Morgan Spurlock's message from his documentary Supersize Me. Both writers believe that Americans' craving for immediacy and convenience has infiltrated all aspects of our lives, especially ourhealth. Schlosser focuses on the fast industry because it clearly demonstrates that we knowingly put our health at risk in order to have food quickly and inexpensively.
The industry,...]]></description>
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What insight into society or human nature does Fast Food Nation offer?...]]></title>
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What insight into society or human nature does Fast Food Nation offer? In other words, what message is the author trying to relate?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Primarily the author may be trying to inform some readers, and warn...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Primarily the author may be trying to inform some readers, and warn others. Additionally, the author is providing an illustration of how life has changed during this world-wide acceptance of fast food, fast eating, wanting not only meals, but "things" quickly.
Nevertheless, the authors arguement is simply stating the need for speed, and how American's, at least most, especially those within various age groups, have traded out health for...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What questions is the author trying to answer and how does he want...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What questions is the author trying to answer and how does he want readers to react?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:06:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I think the answer to this question lies within America's need for...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/q-and-a/why-was-fast-food-nation-written-45935</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I think the answer to this question lies within America's need for cheap, fast, and easy things.  We are a country that is obssesed with material things. Our time has become so precious we refuse to waste a second or a dime on it. We have found ways to take short cuts in order to save money and time; despite the issues that may be caused.  &quot;Fast Food Nation&quot; is a warning to America to &quot;slow down and do things right&quot;.  We...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 9 Nov 2008 10:49:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The book is a warning against eating too much fast food. It shows the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/q-and-a/why-was-fast-food-nation-written-45935</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The book is a warning against eating too much fast food. It shows the dangers on an individual whose only source of food is from McDonald's. All of the benchmarks of being a healthy person, from weight, to cholesterol, to blood pressure all rise dramatically as his intake from fast food increases.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 8 Nov 2008 10:27:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was &quot;Fast Food Nation&quot; written?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why was &quot;Fast Food Nation&quot; written?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 8 Nov 2008 09:53:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The style of this book is mostly narrative.  Schlosser begins his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The style of this book is mostly narrative.  Schlosser begins his &quot;tale&quot; with the tale of Carl Karcher, the founder of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, and a pioneer of fast food.  As he tells Carl's story, he integrates the story of American in the mid-1900's, allowing his narrative to slip into a more academic style in the recitation of history.  Notice the difference between these passages, one focusing on Carl's narrative and the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 09:03:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How's diction used in the book &quot;Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/q-and-a/how-s-diction-used-book-fast-food-nation-dark-side-28543</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How's diction used in the book &quot;Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal?&quot;]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/q-and-a/how-s-diction-used-book-fast-food-nation-dark-side-28543</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:32:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One thing I definitely took away from the book is how "wrong" the system...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/fast-food-nation/group/discuss/did-fast-food-nation-change-way-you-eat-2015#7</link>
        <description><![CDATA[One thing I definitely took away from the book is how "wrong" the system of delivering meat to big restaurants is. The entire process is cruel, and unsafe. It's not just fast food that uses these slaughterhouses, it's many markets and other restaurants as well. I have tried to cut back the amount of meat I eat per week because of this.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:17:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[yea mcdonalds is pretty retarded. i was eating a big mac one day with...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[yea mcdonalds is pretty retarded. i was eating a big mac one day with my family and i bit into a piece of plastic stuck in between the lettuce and the pickle. i have never eaten anything from mcdonalds since. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:28:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well before I read that book I had quit eating at McDonald's and became...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well before I read that book I had quit eating at McDonald's and became much more choosy about the choices I made...it began when I was pregnant with my first son and walked into Mickey D's for breakfast with my husband.  Immediately after walking in I began retching at the overwhelming aroma of grease.  We only eat out about once every other month, but we definitely think twice about where we eat...reminds me a bit of Sinclair's THE...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:51:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, ya gotta die of somethin'! I haven't read the book yet, but I'm...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, ya gotta die of somethin'! I haven't read the book yet, but I'm just about to swear off beef because of all the recalls. I can't wait until somebody does an expose on the megasupermarkets, like Walmart. Now there's something to be scared of! Where do they get their meat???]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:38:45 PST</pubDate>
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